Unknown aeolid from Kerama Island

September 10, 1999
From: Atsushi Ono


Dear Bill,
Thank you very much for identifying my animal as probably Nembrotha livingstonei.

I found this unique Aeolid at Kerama Is.[near Okinawa]in Japan.This species is considered to be very rare here as I saw only one individual in 3 years.

It has  blurred pink-patches on the cerata, and big brown rhinophores. It looks like a braided rope.

I found this at 6m depth, in July. 10mm long.

Sincerely,
Atsushi Ono

ononini@cosmos.ne.jp

Ono, A., 1999 (Sep 10) Unknown aeolid from Kerama Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1314

Dear Atsushi,
What a remarkable animal. I could only make a guess at the family it belongs to, and then would most probably be wrong. We would need to look at its anatomy to have any idea of its relationships. I wonder why its rhinophores, are disproportionally large?

Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Sep 10). Comment on Unknown aeolid from Kerama Island by Atsushi Ono. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1314

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